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Mark Smith, 33, and his passenger, Annette J. Smith, 24, both of the 400 block of Gregory Avenue, Glendale Heights, were taken to Delnor-Community Hospital following an accident Saturday at Illinois Highway 38 and 6th Street, police said. Both were treated and released. The accident occurred, police said, when Smith, who was driving his 1992 Cadillac Seville northbound on 6th Street, drove through a stop sign and hit a 1991 Chevrolet Blazer being driven westbound on Illinois Highway 38 by John M. Gugliotta, of the 200 block of Rose Road, Palatine.

Berwyn police have recovered a vehicle belonging to a Naperville couple who were robbed at gunpoint in their home Monday. The 2001 black Cadillac Seville had been parked in the closed garage of the couple's home in the 300 block of Riverbluff Circle. Police believe the robbers loaded the car with jewelry, a number of guns and an undetermined amount of cash. It was empty when it was recovered in Berwyn, said Naperville Police Sgt. Joel Truemper. "We don't believe this was a random robbery," said Truemper, who would not elaborate.

A 16-year-old was being held after police accused him early Tuesday of leading them on a chase for several blocks. The youth is charged with fleeing and trying to elude police, illegal transportation of alcohol, improper lane usage, leaving an unattended vehicle illegally parked and driving without a valid license. Police said they saw the youth driving a silver 1984 Cadillac Seville with four other passengers in the 1800 block of Hervey Avenue and make a turn without signaling, reports said.

Two North Chicago men were being held after police arrested them Wednesday night for reportedly driving a stolen car. James A. Giles, 53, of 1727 Lincoln St.; and Christopher Hanna, 25, of 1711 Arrington Ave., were both charged with possession of a stolen auto shortly after their arrest at about 10 p.m. in the Belvidere Mall Cinema, 2107 Belvidere St., police said. A police officer on routine patrol noticed the two men getting out of a blue 1979 Cadillac Seville in the mall parking lot, reports said.

If you make more than $35,000 a year and have little debt, you might be able to qualify to lease a car priced as high as your salary. "Manufacturers realize that they have to put incentives into leasing programs because consumers can't afford to buy a luxury car," said Dan Canter, of Rick Case Acura in Ft. Lauderdale. Indeed, many luxury cars-from the Lexus ES300 and Acura Legend L to the Cadillac Seville SLS and BMW 525-are on the road because of manufacturer-subsidized leases.

A 55-year-old Bolingbrook man was found dead Tuesday after he drove a limousine into a pond near Woodridge, police said. George O. Vacherlon of the 100 block of West Briarcliff Road was driving a white 1989 Cadillac Seville limousine west on 83rd Street at about 4:25 p.m. when he crossed Illinois Highway 53, drove over a curb, and came to rest in a pond about 400 feet west of the road, according to a news release from the DuPage County sheriff's office....

Authorities investigating a fire in a car Thursday night on the South Side said that a body found in the trunk could be that of a 44-year-old Crete woman who had been reported missing. The car was found burning in a vacant lot in the 4200 block of South Langley Avenue, police said. Police said the car belonged to the missing woman, whom they would not identify. Gasoline had apparently been poured on the car and set afire, police said. Firefighters first responded to the fire about 6:15 p.m., according to Wentworth District Sgt. Gene Hunt.

Two Marengo residents were killed and two were critically injured in a head-on collision Tuesday on Illinois Highway 23 south of River Road, north of Marengo. William F. Richardson, 73, of the 22000 block of Grenadier Drive, was driving north around 2:30 p.m. when his Cadillac Seville crossed the center line and struck a Dodge Grand Caravan, McHenry County sheriff's police said. Richardson was flown to St. Anthony Medical Center in Rockford, where he was pronounced dead, officials said.

A Garfield Park neighborhood man accused of beating a man unconscious before stealing his car with another man was ordered held in lieu of $300,000 today in Cook County Bond Court. Prosecutors said Tony Landers, 23, of the 700 block of North Harding Avenue, and another man who has not been detained, approached the victim in his vehicle Friday in the 600 block of North Springfield Avenue and asked if they could borrow a lighter. When the man reached for a lighter, he was struck in the face and then dragged out of the car by Landers and the other offender, said Cook County Assistant State's Attorney Christina Brewer.

Say goodbye to some familiar nameplates for the 2005 model year, such as the Buick Regal, Cadillac Seville, Chevrolet Tracker and Venture, Chrysler Concorde and 300M, Dodge Intrepid and Mercury Marauder. The Oldsmobile Alero, Silhouette and Bravada; Saturn L300 sedan; and Chevy S10/GMC Sonoma trucks also took their leave. A couple other popular nameplates--Buick Century and Chevy Cavalier--will stick around only until production of their replacements--Buick LaCrosse and Chevy Cobalt--is at a level that ensures adequate supplies.